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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mayhew describe the Punch and Judy show?
(a) As a farcical tragedy.
(b) As a serious morals tale.
(c) As a sentimental, comic, tragic two-act play.
(d) He does not give it a description.

2. What is another word that Mayhew called puppeteers?
(a) Punch.
(b) Stringers.
(c) Pups.
(d) Geppettos.

3. Why did the puppeteer leave his former job to become a puppeteer?
(a) He wanted more freedom.
(b) There was a great deal more money to be made.
(c) He injured himself and was fired.
(d) He love puppets.

4. What did Hemyng define as prostitution?
(a) A woman having sex with anyone except her husband.
(b) Only when two people who do not know each other have sex.
(c) Only if a man pays for sex.
(d) Only if a woman accepting money for sex.

5. How many visits per day did each missionary make on average?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

6. What did 307 poor people do for the first time?
(a) Learned to read.
(b) Attended church.
(c) Found a job.
(d) Talked to a Priest.

7. What did the photographic man do before this job?
(a) Bar keeper.
(b) Bouncer.
(c) Singer.
(d) Banjo player.

8. What does Mayhew say about the education of street folk?
(a) He doesn't mention their education.
(b) They usually only have one or two years of schooling and if they can read, it is not too well.
(c) They are better educated than street vendors, and the majority could read.
(d) They were the least eductated of all the common people discussed.

9. What did some people who was physically and mentally able to work do?
(a) No work.
(b) Give to those less fortunate.
(c) Take care of others but not themselves.
(d) Answer to a higher calling.

10. What did cab drivers sometimes do that was illegal?
(a) Started the meter on the way to pick someone up.
(b) Charged more than allowed by regulation.
(c) Started the meter halfway through the trip and pocket the difference.
(d) Employed unlicensed cab drivers for a portion of the day.

11. Who is the author of the section on Suppression of Vice and Crime?
(a) Professor John Dreyfuss.
(b) Father Joseph McDougal.
(c) Mayhew.
(d) Rev. William Tuckniss, B.A.

12. What did the casual ward provide?
(a) A place to stay for a maximum of six months.
(b) Guidance.
(c) Job search assistance.
(d) Food and shelter for 24 hours only.

13. How many prostitutes did the police estimate work in London?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 2-3000.
(c) 18-25,000.
(d) 7-8000.

14. What motivated the clown to continue working?
(a) He likes the work if it wasn't for the lack of prestige.
(b) He will be arrested for breaking a contract.
(c) His wife and children.
(d) His fear of failure.

15. What group does Mayhew include among street folk that seems out of place?
(a) Dentists.
(b) Physicians.
(c) Drivers of horse-drawn omnibuses.
(d) Bakers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seemed to be part of the motivation for a street person to perform?

2. Who were most of the street folk Mayhew discussed?

3. What did Mayhew call the fact that many would rather starve than accept charity?

4. What is a "Patent American Air Preserver"?

5. Whose son was the fire eater?

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